Ment-Whore: An influential figure with multiple proteges, who may engages in sabotage and/or deceit, as well as an occasional game of Hiding the Humphrey.

This Gossip Girl "Speak of the Week" - referring, obviously, to Miss Rachel Carr - is part of a promo for new episodes of the CW show, which returns March 16.

Here's a little Upper East Side vocab lesson for you:

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Follow the jump for a second promo, filmed in the same style, teaching Gossip Girl fans the definition of Blairanoia and its common side effect of Dorota-buse ...

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